Tobacco-pipe cleaner



No. 606,716. Patented'luly 5, |898.,v

W. B. HAUSMAN.

oAccn PIPE CLEANER.

(Application filed Aug. 3l, ISST.) (N0 Model.)

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PATENT WARD B. HAUSMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' TOBACCO-PIPE CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,716, dated July 5,1898.

Application filed August 3 l, l 8 9 7.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VARD B. I-IAUSMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inTobacco- Pipe Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in tobacco-pipecleaners, and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, andeffective device of this description which when applied to a pipe or thestem thereof will cause the smoke passing through the bowl of the pipeto travel a circuitous route of such length as to not only cool thesmoke, but precipitate the surplus nicotine which may be suspendedtherein; and a further object of my invention is to provide for thecleaning of the pipe-stem by simply withdrawing the arrester, and whenthis does not satisfactorily perform the desired result said arrestermay be turned upon its axis while being withdrawn to further precipitatethe accomplishment thereof.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make anduse the same, its constructionand operation will now be described in detail, -referring to theaccompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which Ihave shown a central section of a pipe having my improvement applied toboth the stem and mouthpiece thereof.

In carrying out my invention as shown in the drawing, Arepresents thepipe-bowl, and B the stern, through which latter is formed an opening ofconsiderable size, which connects with the bowl, as indicated at C. Aplug D, adapted to screw within the outer end of the stem, has formedtherewith or secured thereto the arresterand cleaner E,which latterconsists of a core having a deep slowpitched thread formed thereabout,as clearly shown, and the outer circumference of this thread snugly fitswithin the opening of the Serial No. 650,078. (No model.)

stem,so that all draft drawn through the pipestem will be caused to passaround and around the groove formed by the thread until reaching theplug, through which it will pass by means of the hole F, formed therein.

The mouthpiece Gis arranged to be secured to the plug by means of thethreaded shank H, and this threaded shank has formed therewith ascrew-like arrester and cleaner I of smaller dimensions than thearrester E, so that after the smoke has passed through the plug andshank it willbe again caused to wind its way around the groove formed bythe threads upon the arrester I until reaching the exit J in themouthpiece.

From this description it will be obvious that the smoke drawn from thebowl of the pipe will be considerably cooled in its passage to the-mouth of the smoker, and at the same time a large percentage of thenicotine suspended therein will be precipitated in the windings of thesmoke in gaining access to the exit. A

After the pipe has been used sufficiently to produce a considerabledeposit of nicotine the stem may be cleaned by unscrewing the plug,whereupon the core of the arrester and cleaner will be turned and theedge thereof will scrape the walls of the stem, the thread acting afterthe manner of a screw conveyer to remove the deposit at the same timethat it is scraped from the walls.

If it is desired only to clean the mouthpiece, it alone is unscrewedfrom the plug,when the screw-thread upon the shank will scrape thepassage through said mouthpiece, the operation being in every waysimilar to that described in connection with the cleaning of the stem.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new and usefulis- In combination with a pipe, a plug threaded in the end of the sternthereof, a cleaner consisting of a core formed with the plug, aslowpitched thread formed thereabout and fitting .against the walls ofthe passage within the stem, whereby when the plug is unscrewed theedges of the thread will scrape said walls, a threaded shank partlyscrewed within said plug, a cleaner similar to the first named IOOformed with said shank and a mouthpiece threaded to said shank, thecleaner fitting within t-he passage thereof, whereby When the mouthpieceis unscrewed the cleaner will act after the manner of a screw eonveyerand scrape the Walls of the passage, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed mysignature in the presenceof two subseribing,r witnesses.

VARD B. IIAUSMAN.

Vitnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON, SAMUEL L. TAYLOR.

